Customizing or creating a template needs more than one chapter. We have attempted to provide some guidance on changing some of the features of your network with minimal developer experience. By making some changes to the default JomSocial template, we have made an attempt to customize the look of our site. Now that we know how to change some of the elements of our template and create a new set of user menu, we are now in the position to explore further customization of our JomSocial template. In the next chapter, we will explore other tips to finalize the overall look of our site.
Joomla! Social Networking with JomSocial
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Joomla! Social Networking with JomSocial
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Overview of this book
<p>JomSocial is a social publishing platform for Joomla! content management system. It allows you to connect with friends, integrate videos, follow users' activity stream, share photos, create groups, and customize your brand.</p>
<p>JomSocial is an out-of-the-box extension that enables a Joomla! website administrators to set up a social network with ease, and customize it to meet the needs of a site. By the end of the book, the reader will have built a good looking, fully functional social networking site using this hands-on guide.</p>
<p>Social networks have become ubiquitous in the 21st Century and have changed the way we communicate. No longer used to simply keep in contact with friends, they are used by multimillion dollar businesses to promote new products, discuss the latest ideas, and receive customer feedback on a much more informal platform.</p>
<p>This practical tutorial will guide the reader through the installation of JomSocial on a Joomla! platform, to configure it for complete integration with Joomla!, and help to walk through processes for integrating other key Joomla! plugins into JomSocial as applications for interaction in an online social networking environment. The guide wraps it all up by hooking up our JomSocial-enabled social network with Facebook and Twitter using identifiable Joomla! modules</p>
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
Joomla! Social Networking with JomSocial
Credits
About the Authors
About the Reviewer
Preface
Free Chapter
Not Another Social Networking Site
JomSocial: Setup and Configuration
Remote Installation and Managing User Profiles
Making Connections with Users and Friends
Creating Content and Sharing Activities
Community Building and Interaction
Customizing the JomSocial Template
Tips and Tricks
Other Joomla! Social Networking Extensions
Index
Customer Reviews